Opening in new tab: how is 'Bing' doing this? (IE9)

Question

Opening target ="_blank" links in a new tab or new window is based on user settings, and when I click on a target ="_blank" link, it opens in a new window (IE9). However in Bing, when clicking "see full size image" it opens in a new tab! (you can test it now)

How are they doing this?

I don't have IE9 but I am interested to know how Bing is doing this. So +1 — Subir Kumar Sao, May 17 '12 at 12:42
search any word in bing.com/images , click on random image , and u will see a "see full size image" link. — W2-S, May 17 '12 at 12:44
i set Popup blocker for block any new windows for most sites (including bing) .. it seems they use a way for escaping this. — W2-S, May 17 '12 at 12:51

Eugene Trofimenko · Answer 1 · 2012-05-17T13:19:07.317

I have IE 9.0.8112.16421

It opens links in the next tab.

<A href="http://msn.com" target="_blank">link</A>
<A href="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" target="_blank">image</A>

<span onclick="window.open('http://msn.com', 'openWindow', 'top=0, left=10,  width = 500, height = 500,resizable=yes, location=yes, toolbar=yes, status=yes')" style="text-decoration:underline;color:blue;cursor:pointer;">linkJavascript</span>

And only in the third implementation, ONLY with params(Top, Left, Width etc) for window.open javascript function, link was opened in the new window. DEMO

I think this article might help you to configure your IE9 and resolve this issue. How to only open links in new tabs?

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '12 at 13:25

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There is an alternate target called "_tab":

<a target="_tab" .. >

I don't know if that overrides your settings or whatever, but use IE's developer tools to explore what's going on there. (Maybe IE has an inspect element context menu option?

answered May 17 '12 at 13:25

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Opening in new tab: how is 'Bing' doing this? (IE9)

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